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Originally Posted by illinois (Post 8290377)

Are there any angles on your cutting mat that would help with alignment?

I've never done it, but I know that some use Elmer's School Glue to hold such tricky seams in place so that you can sew them correctly.

I found those pins at about 4 or 5 other sites But Amazon is cheapest; $7.20 for a pack of 100. And 2 single packs are cheaper than buying the pack of 2 and free shipping; this site was 2nd in price and am sure you'd have to pay shipping too.

https://www.moodfabrics.com/clover-e...0-count-121690

If you think you might not get it exactly on the dot, sashing between blocks will make it not quite as obvious.

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Originally Posted by Jennifer23 (Post 8289989)

The best "no-guessing" way I know involves some marking.

First, on the wrong side, make where your 1/4" seam will be on the center strip (light blue in my diagram). Then, use a ruler to extend a line from the edges of the parallelograms across that seam allowance line (red in my diagram). The edge of the new parallelogram strip needs to go through the point where the two lines intersect when you put them right-sides-together to stitch.
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I hope that someone else suggests an easier way; I'm doing something similar, and would love an easier way to line things up!

Please see my PM Jennifer23 and here's the marking I’ve found to work to at least get my one edge lined up consistently.